How common is the surname Herd?

4,803 people in the United States had the surname Herd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,282 Americans. It ranked 6,982nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Herd getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,803 in 2010, down 9.2%.

The surname Herd

A surname, carried by 4,803 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Herd is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,803 people named Herd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,282 Americans. That is down 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,287.

#6,982

rank among US surnames

4,803

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-9.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,977	Hileman	4,806	64,242
#6,979	Bolinger	4,805	64,255
#6,980	Gilbreath	4,804	64,268
#6,982	Herd	4,803	64,282

Who is named Herd

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

73% of people named Herd identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Herd

Herd has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Questions

How common is the surname Herd?: 4,803 people in the United States had the surname Herd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,282 Americans. It ranked 6,982nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Herd?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Herd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Herd getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,803 in 2010, down 9.2%.